Upcoming:

Recent Media Mentions:

Humanity Matters Most podcast with host Carla Sharpe and guest Tracy Xavia Karner,
“Behind the Scene of Making a Scene,” S01 E03, June 11, 2023. Stream episode
here.

Karren, Haley Berkman. 2023. “Houston’s Unlikely International Photography Scene and
How It Came to Be Is Examined In New Book: The Inside Story of the Visionaries
Who Made It Happen” Paper City Magazine, July 23

The Houston Hour with guest, Tracy Xavia Karner, May 26 at 6pm on KPFT 90.1 FM. Listen here.

Making a Scene! included in “Book Reviews.” ArtHouston, Spring 2023, p.12. 

“Changing the World through Community Building with Dr. Xavia Karner”
Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast with Chris Bello, November 28, 2022.

Doherty, Mike. 2017. “Grammys 2017: Why today’s pop music is all about the old soul,” Maclean’s, February 8  http://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/grammys-2017-why-todays-pop-music-is-all-about-the-old-soul/

Bernardo, Richie. 2017.  “2017’s Most Diverse Cities in America,” Wallethub.com, May 4. https://wallethub.com/edu/most-diverse-cities/12690/#tracy-xavia-karner

Reichbach, Matthew. 2017. “In nationwide diversity study, NM cities rank high, with Hobbs the highest”, New Mexico Political Report, May 5. http://nmpoliticalreport.com/310760/in-nationwide-diversity-study-nm-cities-rank-high-with-hobbs-the-highest/

Previous speaking engagements:

Invited speaking engagements:

“Documenting a Scene: Interviews, Archives and Crafting a Narrative” Brazos Bookstore will host Tracy Xavia Karner in person on Thursday, May 11 at 6:30pm. Book signing to follow.

Invited Conversationalist for 26th Annual Table Talk, University of Houston Friends of Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Hilton Americas, Houston, TX. February 15, 2023.

“Making a Scene!” Book Launch and Panel, with MFAH Curator Emerita Anne Wilkes Tucker and FotoFest Founding Director Wendy Watriss. Museum of Fine Arts Houston, February 25, 2023.

“Visual Sociology and the Creation of an Unlikely Art World in Houston, Texas” Sociology Speakers Series, Rice University, Houston, TX, November 12, 2019.

“Passion, Possibility and Photography: Creating an Art World in Houston, Texas” Women’s City Club, August 1, 2018.

“Sight Lines: Looking at Guns” Panelist, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, October 7, 2016.

“Poetics, Politics, and Possibilities:  Visualizing Our Humanity,” Keynote Address, Society of Photographic Educators, South Central Regional Conference, Texas City, October 18, 2013.

“Contemplative Photography or Contemplating Photography”, Great Teachers Series, Institute for Spirituality and Health at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX, April 12, 2012.